Output carrier



O. L. ROUTT, G. C. McCONNELL, AND H. L. GLAZE.

OUTPUT CARRIER.

APPLICATION FILED APR-15,1919.

1,408,642. Patented Mar. 7, 1922.

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ORVILLE L. Ronrr, GROVER-C. Newman, AND HERBERT L. eLazE, or nos nnenzcns, caztrronnrn, .essronoes, av manor AND MESNE ASSIGNMENTS,

TO PLASTOID PROQUCTS, TION OF CALIFORNIA.

INC., 013 LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, A GOIRJPOlRnb ourrnr CARRIER.

' Application filed April 15,

T 0 (all whom it may concern.

Be it known that we, ORVILLE L. Roo'r'r, Gnovnn C. MoCoNNnLL, and Hnnnnnrr L. GLAZE, citizens of the United States, and residents of Los Angeles, in the county of Les An, ;eles and State of (.lalifornia, have invented new and useful Improvements in Output Carriers, of which the following is a specification.

Our invention relates to output carriers in general and more particularly to a form of carrier for use in connection with machines for making a form of output generally known as plaster board, the body of which is composed of an initially plastic material of cementitious character andis usually formed between sheets of paper or the like in a cementitious operation. The. boards thus formed are subsequently out into suit-- able lengths and then deposited upon a suitable conveyor, pallets, or carriers, upon which the boards are usually to remain until the plastic body of the boards has set, after which the individual sections of board are then disposed of for use.

The primary object of this invention, therefore is to provide an improved form of carrier for receiving the plastic board, subsequent to the formation thereof, and for transporting and holding the sections of board, or output during; the setting period. I Another object is to provide in a carrier of the character referred to a bed or screen of suitable mesh so as to provide ample air spaces for the admission of air from the at mosphere to the surface of the board so as to effect a quick drying and setting of the board.

A further object is to provide a suitable frame of wood, preferably having," a minimum weight and a maximum strength, and a bed of wire or the like, or of any suitable woven fabric having a suitable mesh, said bed being attached to the frame in such a manner that the boards may be supported thereon and that the top surface of the board may be sufficiently spaced from the bottom surface of another board held on an adjoining carrier when the carriers and boards are arranged in stacked formation, for economizing in space.

Other obi ects may tion.

Referring to the drawings, in which we appear in the descrip- Specification of Letters .Patent.

Patented Mar. '7, 1922. 1919. $eria1N0.291,970.

have shown a invention: Fig. 1 is a perspective View of one of our improved carriers.

Fig. 2 is a side elevation of a suitable runway for supporting a plurality of the car mere 111 stacked relation while the output supported thereon is drying and setting, the

carrier and boards, in this instance being shown closely stacked in inclined planes with the ends of the carriers movably supported on guides.

Fig. 3 is a transverse section of the same.

A practical form of carrier embodying the principles and structure hereinbefore set forth comprises a pair of spaced longitudinal rails l, 1, of greater width than thickness, transverse end rails 2, 2, of like dimensions except as to length and suitably attached to the ends of the members 1, 1, so as to form flush joints, and a plurality of regularly spaced transverse cleats 3, 3, preferably attached to the bottom portions of the rails 1, 1, thus leaving a slight space between the upper sides thereof and the upper sides of the rails 1, l, and 2, 2.

A. bed, or screen 4, of woven wire or fabric of suitable mesh is attached at the ends by suitable means to the rails 2, 2 and stretched tightlybetween said rails and over the top edges of the cleats 3, 3, the sides of said bed, or screen, beingattached by means of eye screws, or otherwise, to the inner edges of the rails 1, 1.

As shown in Figs. 2 and 8, the carriers may be provided with rollers 5, 5, 5, 5, suitably held on the rails 1, 1 in bearings 6, 6, so that when the carriers are to be movably held in inclined planes, or in horizontal planes preliminary to the stacking thereof, as shown, said carriers may be movably supported on rails 7, 7, and 8, 8, which form a runway for the output and carriers during the drying and setting process. The means of moving the carriers is not a part of the present invent-ion and is not shown.

In Fig. 2, we show a section of plaster board held on one of the carriers, this particular carrier being shown in section, with the section of board spaced from the adjacent carrier so as to permit the uninterrupted passage of air through the spaces between the boards in order to effect a quick drying and setting of the boards.

preferred embodiment of our It will be understood that in the form of device shown and described, the cleats 3, 3, etc., serve to reinforce the bed or screen at so that the boards held on the carriers may not sag during the setting operation, the carriers being thus sufficiently strong to hold the boards right and yet light weight and fabricated so as to hold the boards in contact with the air. a

What we claim is:

1. An output carrier of the character referred to comprising a frame, cross cleats between the opposite side members of said frame, near the lower edge thereof, whereby to leave space between the top of the oleat and the top of the side frame members, a bed of open woven material stretched between said side frame members, above said cross cleats, and attaching means for securing the opposite sides of said bed to the insides of the side frame members, below the top surfaces thereof, said attaching means being adapted to hold said bed stretched tight, substantially as described.

2. An output carrier of the character re ferred to comprising a frame, cleats across said frame, eyelets spaced around the inner edges of said frame above said cleats, and a bed of open woven material stretched between said eyelets above said cleat for supporting said output, substantially as described.

Signed at Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, this 28th day of February, 1919.

ORVILLE L. ROUTT. GROVER C. MCGONNELL. HERBERT L. GLAZE.

Witnesses H. M. BRUNDAGE,. W. R. LITZENBERG. 

